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The energy transition brings with it a multitude of complex tasks. For example, new and sustainable materials are needed, but at the same time specialised professionals who can survive in a globalised working environment. TU Darmstadt is facing up to this challenge and is expanding its portfolio of Master's degree programmes in Business Administration and Engineering to include the Technical Specialisation of Materials Science. The Vice Chairperson of Academic Affairs of the department of Law and Economics, Professor Volker Nitsch, explains the special features and opportunities of the new programme.

A new course for the next generation of engineers about energy transition and hydrogen technologies

Are you ready to join the hydrogen revolution? In September 2025 the course “Hydrogen and Safety for Mobile Application” will train the next generation of engineers to navigate the energy transition, by focusing on hydrogen technologies and safety in mobile applications like cars, buses, trains and in the field of aerospace.

Unite! students take the lead

The ESA 2025 will return to the EU Parliament from May 26 to 28, bringing together over 250 students from the European University Alliances. Eda Ceren Tuncer from TU Darmstadt was also present.

Alliance of Rhine-Main-Universities successful with a total of five projects

A major success for Technical University of Darmstadt: two of its research projects will receive funding as Clusters of Excellence. The Excellence Commission in the competition for the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments selected the proposals ‘Reasonable Artificial Intelligence’ (RAI) and ‘The Adaptive Mind’ (TAM) from the fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences for funding. The commission consisted of an interdisciplinary panel of experts and the federal and state ministers responsible for science. A total of 98 projects were submitted to the German Research Foundation, 70 of which will now be able to call themselves ‘Clusters of Excellence’.

The “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” project receives funding as a Cluster of Excellence

The researchers in the new Cluster of Excellence “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) , which is headed by TU Darmstadt, are carrying out research into a new generation of artificial intelligence that can learn in “more reasonable” ways. The project was selected for funding in a multi-stage competition within the Excellence Strategy from the German federal and state governments. This coveted funding once again acknowledges the outstanding research and long-standing expertise in the field of artificial intelligence for which TU Darmstadt has been renowned for many years.

“The Adaptive Mind” project involving TU Darmstadt is awarded funding as a Cluster of Excellence

How can we use computer models to understand changes in human behaviour? Researchers at TU Darmstadt will be investigating this and other questions in the future in the new Cluster of Excellence, “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM). The application submitted by TU Darmstadt and its research partners to the prestigious Excellence Strategy from the German federal and state governments has now overcome some strong competition and has been selected for funding.

Second round of the Unite! Visiting Professorship begins

In the 2025/2026 winter semester, TU Darmstadt will welcome Unite! visiting professors for the second time. A total of 13 experienced postdocs from six Unite! universities are participating in the Unite! Visiting Professorship and will complement teaching and research at TU Darmstadt in eight departments for at least one semester.

Researchers from Technical University of Darmstadt and collaborators present a study

In the future, autonomous delivery drones could independently assess whether their remaining battery charge is sufficient for upcoming deliveries. A team of researchers from Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Sheffield, in collaboration with the French National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (INRIA) and industry partner Ingeniarius Ltd, has developed a new method for energy-aware deployment planning. The approach enables each drone to learn what orders it is capable of fulfilling even when not knowing its own battery health. It is shown to reduce delivery times and increase the number of processed orders compared to conventional approaches.

Save the date

Get ready for the second edition of the Unite! Research School — set to be more ambitious, dynamic, and inspiring than ever before! From 3 to 7 November 2025, this unique event will unite MSc and PhD students alongside researchers and industry leaders from all over Europe for an unforgettable experience.

TU Darmstadt alumnus Dr. Arno Antlitz is Chief Financial Officer of the Volkswagen Group

Dr. Arno Antlitz was already fascinated with the two areas of technology and business from an early age. One of the reasons why he chose to study at TU Darmstadt was the fact that it was one of only a few universities in the 1980s to offer a course in industrial engineering with a major in mechanical engineering. “Another reason was the outstanding reputation of TU Darmstadt”, emphasises the alumnus, who later studied for a doctorate at WHU Koblenz. The 55-year-old Antlitz has now worked for Volkswagen for over 20 years and has been responsible for the areas of finance and the operating business on the Group Board of Management since 2021.

Study Abroad Information Fair May 7 at Karo5

On May 7, 2025, the International Office will host this year's Go Out Country Fair, featuring an International Partner Day. In the afternoon, an information fair will take place in the lounge and foyer of Karo5, offering a wide range of opportunities for studying abroad in Europe and around the world.

Share your insights on assessment practices

Assessment is a cornerstone of teaching and learning. The Unite! European University Alliance invites all teaching faculty across its nine partner universities to take part in the Unite! Educator Questionnaire: Assessment Practices—a key initiative aimed at understanding and improving assessment strategies in higher education.

Test of quantum electrodynamics circumvents insufficient knowledge of nuclear structure

Many atomic nuclei have a magnetic field, similar to that of the Earth. However, directly at the surface of a heavy nucleus such as lead or bismuth, it is trillions of times stronger than the Earth's field and more comparable to that of a neutron star. Whether we understand the behaviour of an electron in such strong fields is still an open question. A research team led by TU Darmstadt at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research has now taken an important step towards clarifying this question. Their findings have been published in Nature Physics. The results confirm the theoretical predictions.

TU Darmstadt contributes cognitive expertise to the international SCENE programme

Participation in the newly founded Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) marks an important success for cognitive science at TU Darmstadt. Over the next ten years, the internationally networked SCENE research programme will promote interdisciplinary projects investigating the connection between perception and action – a core topic of the Centre for Cognitive Science at TU Darmstadt and the research cluster The Adaptive Mind (TAM), with which TU Darmstadt is currently competing in the Excellence Strategy of the federal and state governments.

Unite! Round Table on 29 April 2025

TU Uniter members will meet on Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 11:00-13:00, Building S1/01, Karolinenplatz 5 (Room 707) for their regular Round Table. This time, the event will take place in two parts, hybrid and in person.